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TIL Jupiter's outermost known moon hasn't been spotted since its discovery in 2003, and is currently considered "lost."

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EgrNp TIL the wife of Lee Harvey Oswald (Marina Nikolayevna Oswald Porter) is still alive.
9YwgM TIL: Pikachu is more recognizable than Mickey Mouse
Qg79 TIL in 1966 Playboy sent a black journalist to interview George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party. “He took out a pearl-handled revolver, placed it pointedly on the arm of his chair, sat back and spoke for the first time: ‘I’m ready if you are.’”
JANV TIL there exists a National Raisin Reserve, where US raisin farmers are forced to deposit part of their produce without any compensation. This is done in order to keep the raisin prices up, essentially making this a government run price cartel.
xVx51 TIL in the early 19th century the US Senate's desks were updated to make them more usable (i.e. a writing box and an extra drawer). Daniel Webster refused to update his desk, thinking it was a waste of money. The desk is still used as nobody wants to get rid of it since it belonged to Daniel Webster